Meetup #14 — Building digital sovereignty
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European governments have created great external dependencies in their digital infrastructure. Much of public digital infrastructure depends on foreign components, platforms, and systems. With increasing urgency, civic activists, journalists and security experts have warned about potential dire consequences.
In recent years, cities, states and even countries have responded by investing in their digital sovereignty. They cut decade-long IT contracts, open source code, and look for more agile suppliers to make their tech stack more modular.
At our September meetup, we will hear what digital sovereignty entails, why it’s desirable and how we get there. We will welcome the following speakers:
- Amanda Kraley, Sovereign Tech Agency (confirmation pending)
- Anke Obendiek, DigitalService des Bundes
- Lisa Steigertahl, Deloitte
- Powen Shiah, Sovereign Tech Agency
CityLAB Berlin hosts the event in their stunning 1920s space, a former airport building.
All presentations will be given in English. Questions in the later discussion part can be raised either in English or German. Pictures and videos will be taken.
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Das CityLAB Berlin ist Gastgeber der Veranstaltung und lädt zu seinen beeindruckenden Räumlichkeiten im früheren Abfertigungsterminal des Flughafens Tempelhof ein.
Alle Vorträge werden in englischer Sprache gehalten. Fragen im anschließenden Diskussionsteil können sowohl auf Englisch als auch auf Deutsch gestellt werden. Es werden Video- und Fotoaufnahmen gemacht.